A short winter is about to end.
It also marked the beginning of the war.
Batis and Leon have already made their way to the buffer zone to prepare for a steady start to war.
Around 70% of them have already completed their troop build-up and are in the process of confirming their final placement.
And where is the other 30%, here in the King's Capital?
By the way, our troops are standing by in the king's capital, too.
Nothing, it doesn't mean the King's Capital is waiting because it's the Princess's Kingsguard unit. You think there's no reason to just keep me warm in this fight?
Well, I'm glad it didn't happen for me to just turn my finger and watch from afar.
So, why is 30% of the troops still in the Wang capital, including me, for the outing ceremony?
Honestly, as far as I'm concerned, it's nothing but hassle, but now that the head of the military is the princess, do you think we have to parade grandly to get out to the front line in the next fight?
The princess herself was fed up because there were other things she had to do like mountains, but she also seemed to need to reassure the people.
That's why today before winter is completely over. Many fireworks were fired up in the Wang capital, and troops were marching down the main street.
Leading the way is a bunch of brass bands. The carriage continues behind it, and the magic guide car the princess rides in is among them.
It is exactly the princess of a great power to get her upper body out of a magical guide car that is an opener and wave. Well, I'm not exactly a princess anymore. He's the king's brother.
And I'm on the fuselage behind it.
Different from other airframes and silhouettes. My airframe has a great impact as the first aluminum that pops into my eyes.
With its gothic and armed intensity, it seems an operation to gain the peace of mind of the people.
It should be noted that he is not out of the cockpit this time. During the parade, it's basic to auto walk and ride on the shoulder, but this time things are a little different.
The reason for this lies in the troops of the Abnomulet that follow me.
The look of the abnomulet on the back monitor is quite different from what it has been.
He had a huge rifle on his shoulder and a shield on both hands.
It's called a sniper machine.
Preparations during the winter months gave a new evolution to the operation of the abnomulet. That is the existence of the specialized type.
Just as soldiers parted into infantry, magic soldiers, and cavalry, Abnomulet was also divided into three types: snipers, melee, and general-purpose aircraft.
It may be natural for military operations, but there has been no progress in the formation of troops or in the development of equipment because we have even had to send the completed aircraft to the front line.
But you managed to make it to the war during the winter.
Snipers are the type to destroy long-range enemies with shoulder rifles while protecting themselves with two-handed shields, as you can see. This rifle is based on my Perfilizzi, and with it on my shoulder, the magazine is connected to the backpack. Thanks to this, it is no longer necessary to replace the magazine, but there are also weaknesses that when attacked with firearms on the back, ammunition explodes simultaneously and blows up the fuselage. It's a collective operation to prevent that.
And it's the melee that goes behind the sniper.
As its name suggests, it is a fuselage conceived as the proximity lead, with the sword dominating the armed. You can choose between a great sword or a normal sword by the manipulator, so it can be quite fragmented for the purpose you see, such as two hips or a large sword on your back, taking between them, a great sword and a normal sword. Of course, some of them were close to general-purpose machines with shields and swords because they could also hold shields.
Essentially they are not equipped with ranged weapons, so they will be waiting behind a sniper until a random battle or an assault order is issued.
Walking at the rear is a general-purpose machine.
These guys are almost as equipped as the abnomulets have ever been.
He is equipped with a middle shield on both sides of the sword, a harmonica pistole behind his hips, and also holds several magazine barns.
It's their role to get close while the snipers are attacking the enemy aircraft and bring them into a riot. I mean, you're building a foundation for proximity to approach. It is believed that there is a good chance of death for that matter, and they argued quite a bit about whether to put an elite group on board among the Abnomulet pilots or throw them away stones.
He ended up using it as a mechanism to make confident people volunteer, but surprisingly, he had a lot of volunteers. A lot of people thought it would be easy to be on this side (knights) because it would be an operation close to Armunale in a way.
In that way, Abnomule changed the shape of the fuselage dramatically for operational purposes, and today it became clear and revealing.
Those who come to see this parade are so excited to see a different airframe lined up.
There are just a few things that concern me.
I activate sound collecting magic and focus it on the audience of the parade.
"Hail Faithful Kingdom" "Victory to Your Majesty! Long live Ines.
and other voices of hate that mingle with less in the voice that strikes the face.
"Death to Obard!" "To eradicate the enemy!
That's what you hear.
Surely you are at war, or it is not strange to have voices resenting your enemies.
But a year ago. Until Leila and the others assaulted the king's capital, this voice was scarcely there.
However, to such an extent that Obard was scared, it felt like some sort of fire across the shore, and so far he never uttered words with hatred directly to the Obard humans.
Is this what Leila was saying, inciting hatred and going to war?
Surely no more words of persuasion would be meaningless to them.
Hatred swirling in them is not so soft a flame as to disappear easily.
Before the departure of the parade. The princess said.
"Next battle. If Obard doesn't poke a surrender recommendation, the war will be muddy and will result in an unparalleled number of deaths. Not so long ago, the people of Faithal hated Obard. That's why we'll definitely settle for the next battle"
I could understand the meaning so badly in their voice that I didn't like it.
That's why I swear, too. The next battle, anything that stands in front of me, grabs a knockout victory for everyone.
After the parade, we rush to the front.
Even so, the upper echelons, including the princess, are travelled by magic trains. Because we can't get all the Abnomules on board, we just have to ask them to walk away, but it's possible to get them on board if it's just my fuselage.
We arrive at the base on the front line while we think it's convenient. It's a buffer zone fort where we maintained our front and managed to climb to completion.
That fort, newly named Fort Move, is our front line.
Welcoming by numerous soldiers, the princess enters the fort with Commander-in-Chief Maurice, Commander-in-Chief of the Armunale Squad, and Commander-in-Chief Cruze, who is in charge of Commander-in-Chief of the Abnomule Squad.
"What is happening to Command's readiness?
"The installation has already been completed"
One of the officers who was coming to the fort first answers the princess's question.
"Thank you. How's it going on the Imperial side?
"The building of the front line is gradually being done. Even now, reports are up that you are replenishing your troops or that every time a reconnaissance returns, the numbers are increasing. Later, I was wondering if I could explain the enemy's placement along with the map."
"Okay. Then there will be a meeting in an hour, including a confirmation of the current situation. Maurice, Cruise, okay?
Copy that, sir.
"Please gather with the other officers as well. And with us here, it's also possible that our enemies move hypersensitively. Maximize your vigilance today and tomorrow. Eldo, you turn to security, too. This is enough for Angus and Ace."
"Got it. Then excuse me. Both of you, please."
"Yeah," "Let it be."
Well, it's gonna be pretty hard to get those two out in a people-to-people match. Shall I work hard in my area of expertise?
Leaving under the princess, I come to the hangar. There is already a pespirage waiting to be dispatched at any time there.
"Mr. O'Rail, you can go, right?
"You can go anytime you want. What, are you leaving already?
"Yes, it seems that the enemy may react to the princesses and move."
"I see. Karine! The captain's coming out!
When Mr. O'Rail speaks up, Mr. Carine shows up from the cockpit.
"Okay! Whoa, whoa. Oh, Captain, you were already here."
"I'm leaving now"
"I'm just in the mood for a physical operator (senseboard). It'll give you the best performance."
"Thank you"
Jump into the cockpit and activate the fuselage so as to replace Mr. Carine.
The lock came off the hanger and the fuselage stood free.
"Eldo, Pespirage, we're out!
Make sure the mechanics evacuate, and I'll move the fuselage forward. Exit the hangar and go straight outside the fort.
Ahead of the sprawling buffer zone, you can see the front lines on the imperial side. If we zoomed the monitor, we could see that a significant number of aircraft were on surveillance.
"Sure, that looks like you can move anytime."
If you observe it even more closely, you realize there are variations in the Abnomulet forces.
Apparently, over there, we've been putting in place fuselage operations during this winter.
If so, the battle between the abnomules is likely to be as different from that of the infantry.
But there are weapons in this world that dramatically change that battlefield.
If an Armunale plane were to penetrate Abnomulet's forces, it would be enough to destroy the enemy's forces.
In the end, it's going to depend on how Armunale works to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the battlefield.
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"I'd like you to report on the distribution of power."
The meeting begins with Inez's voice.
One man gets up and points at the map spread out on the table with a baton, explaining the current situation.
"First of all, this battle force, combined with the troops arriving today, is almost complete to assemble. As for placement, we're going to use this as a starting point to deploy seven units of Abnomulet to the north and south, and we're going to deploy fifty units, three hundred and fifty in total, and we're going to have two Armunales each behind them, and we're going to let them hit the game."
The officer points the map, while simultaneously placing the black pawn on the map.
"What arrangement is the enemy side in?
"As it stands, according to reports from the scouts, they are deploying relatively shallow positions across the river."
The baton is more plain than the Empire in the buffer zone. And make ten white pawns stand around the formation.
"Troop numbers are roughly ten. This is a larger number than in our country, but the number of abnomules in some units is estimated to be approximately thirty to forty."
"Are substantial numbers the same"
"But if the chain of command is fine, the troops will collapse less. You won't have a total collapse at once."
Looking at the map, Cruze, a former infantry division leader, puts his hand on his jaw.
With the number of troops per unit, it does look advantageous at first sight. But when you're being pushed by enemies, there are shortcomings that make it harder to get through command and make the collapse of troops more lethal.
The Imperial side was thus reducing the number of some troops and their risk because of the overall morale decline.
"This one is going to be at a disadvantage in the long run. Do you know what's going on with the Armunale?
"The Imperial fuselage has three confirmed planes. They all seem to be hitting the headquarters escort, one of which has been identified as the fuselage of the Knight of the Eight General's second seat, Shoren Ziva Sandorcia."
"Second seat, we were supposed to be turning to Eastern defense in the story of a secret detective."
"It would mean that we were summoned for this battle. That's all I mean, the Empire's serious. How many mercenaries are there?
"There are five planes we can confirm. Three of the planes in the El Chardo Mercenaries' fuselage have been identified."
"Really? You still came out. But you feel fewer mercenaries than you expected. I thought about eight planes would come."
For a mercenary regiment with Armunale, war between the great powers is just a earner's ground. That's why I thought there would be a lot of mercenaries out there if there was a war between Faetal and Obard, but only five planes have been able to confirm that the signs of war are approaching.
The lack of it bothered Ines.
"Is it possible you're hiding? What about the interdiction from the North and the South?
"The reconnaissance is also sent out to the north and south, always in conjunction with other fortifications. So far, I haven't seen a shadow like that. Also, I was wondering if the blackmail would be quite difficult to say only this time. Because the front is too wide to pinch itself"
Widespread troop deployments between North and South are too open to be sandwiched. Therefore, the system can only be temporarily disintegrated, at least from one side.
In preparation for that, two more Armunales are scheduled to be added to the two units on both sides behind them.
"Really?"
"However, in a month or so, the number of enemies is expected to increase even further. I thought we should be ready for the Troops in January."
"Again, you can't let it prolong. The showdown should take place within a month. If they don't move, we'll set them up here."
The signs of the battle had already come to the end of his eyes and nose with the scent of spring.